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March 17-19, 2010
Bellagio Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, NV
Windows 7 Deployment Workshop
Make plans to attend these 2 1/2 days of intense, training on Windows 7 deployment. Rhonda Layfield will walk you through the entire deployment process, Paul Thurrott will present a bonus session on Windows 7 annoyances and Rhonda Layfield, Mark Minasi and Paul Thurrott will answer your questions at the Q&A cocktail hour on Thursday night. This workshop will equip you with everything you need to plan a smooth and efficient migration - it's worth every minute of your time. Reserve your seat today!
Windows 7 Deployment Workshop:
Migrating from XP and Rolling Out New Machines with Windows 7
with Rhonda Layfield
Plus, Bonus Session: Windows 7 Annoyances
with Paul Thurrott
While Windows 7 is indeed a big improvement over previous versions of Windows, Microsoft has once again changed how many familiar features work. Paul Thurrott will explore the most frustrating changes Microsoft has made and provide ways to overcome them. He'll examine changes to the Windows 7 user interface, security, networking, digital media features, mobility, application compatibility, and more. If you're impressed by Windows 7 but underwhelmed by the need to constantly relearn old skills, this is the session for you.
Windows 7 is here. Your organization is poised to make the move. But do you have the tools and knowledge to successfully migrate your XP machines (maintaining user's settings and data) as well as deploy Windows 7 to bare metal (new) machines? Microsoft Desktop Deployment Product Specialist and Setup and Deployment MVP Rhonda Layfield will walk you through the process. She will show you how to leverage Microsoft's free deployment tools. You'll walk away from this 2 1/2 day workshop with the knowledge to be able to choose which deployment tools are right for you (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 or Windows Deployment Service or both) and the skills needed to plan and execute your deployment of the desktop OS.
Rhonda will show you how to determine whether your existing machines meet the minimum requirements for Windows 7 or your applications are ready for Windows 7 and, if not, what you can do about it. You'll learn to create images using three different tools (ImageX, MDT 2010, or WDS) and pick the one that's right for you. You will also learn what it takes to manage your images using the Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool (DISM) along with the Operating System CD Image Creator (oscdimg). The workshop culminates with a Windows 7 deployment to a new machine and XP migration to Windows 7. Don't miss this chance to learn which free Microsoft deployment tool is right for you.
Task: Determine if your existing hardware can run Windows 7
Tool: Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tool (MAP)
Topics covered: Installation, How MAP gathers data, network traffic-will MAP bring your network to it's knees?, whether client side agents are required
Task: Test Application Compatibility
Tool: Application Compatibility Tool
Topics covered: Installation, how it works, network traffic, whether client side agents are required, finding your apps-discover what is actually running in your environment that you don't even know about, fixing (mitigating) your applications
Task: Create and manage images using the tools that all the other deployment tools rely upon. You must understand these to troubleshoot any of the other tools!
Tool: Windows Automated Installation Kit 2.0 (WAIK)
Topics covered: Create an operating system image using ImageX (local vs network capture), manage OS image files (.wims) using the Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool (DISM), manage Windows Pre Installation Environment (WinPE)
Task: Migrate Windows XP to Windows 7
Tool: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT 2010)
Topics covered: Installation, create a deployment share (and replicating it to other deployment servers), creating an image using MDT task sequences, migrate an XP machine to Win 7 maintaining user settings and data, deploy Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 complete with applications, drivers and packages (patches)
Task: Create, manage, automate and deploy images using Windows Deployment Service
Tool: Windows Deployment Service (WDS)
Topics covered: Installation, configure WDS, create a Windows 7 image using WDSCapture, deploy a Windows 7 image via WDS, automate the deployment of Windows 7 via WDS, integrate between MDT 2010 and WDS.
Day 1
9:00 - 10:00 - Windows 7 Annoyances with Paul Thurrott
10:00 - 12:00 - Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK 2.0) Creating, managing and deploying images manually with Rhonda Layfield
12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - 5:00 - Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 - Installation, Creating a deployment share, deploying Windows 7 to a bare metal machine with Rhonda Layfield
Day 2
9:00 - 12:00 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 - Migrating XP machines to Win 7 while maintaining user settings and data and Creating an image using MDT task sequences & other task sequences (we'll cover all task sequences)
with Rhonda Layfield
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 4:00 MDT automation, Installing and Configuring Windows Deployment Service
with Rhonda Layfield
4:00 - 5:00 Q&A cocktail hour with Paul Thurrott, Rhonda Layfield and Mark Minasi
Day 3
9:00 - 12:00 Create an Windows 7 image using WDS Capture application, Deploy a Windows 7 image via WDS, Automate the deployment of Windows 7 via WDS, Integration between MDT 2010 and WDS
with Rhonda Layfield
Rhonda Layfield
For more than 25 years, Rhonda Layfield has helped people securely deploy, protect, and streamline their IT resources. She began her career in the US Navy where she spent seven years as communications specialist with a top secret clearance. Later as Sr. Security Analyst for an electrical utility company operating nuclear power plants she discovered serious security flaws in software about to be acquired. She also consults for large customers showing how to quickly and cheaply roll out 50,000 Vista desktops. She always gets the job done for her clients.
But there's one thing that she loves even more than solving IT problems: showing other people how to solve IT problems. Rhonda has a passion for learning products at the packet level and sharing that knowledge in her classes with clients large and small. She is currently an NT/2000/2003 MCSE, Deployment MVP and Desktop Deployment Product Specialist (DDPS). Along with teaching, she enjoys presenting at International conferences and contributing articles to Redmond and Windows IT Pro magazines. She has also co-authored two books, one on Windows Server 2003 and another on Windows Server 2008.
Paul Thurrott is a technology reporter, published author, podcaster, and the news editor for Windows IT Pro magazine. He regularly writes reviews for beta and completed Microsoft products, such as recent products like Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Vista. He writes a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE (http://www.windowsitpro.com/email) and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE (http://www.wininformant.com).
Mark Minasi is a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro, an MCSE, and a best-selling author, popular technology columnist, commentator, keynote speaker, and IT consultant. Mark has written more than a thousand computer columns, several dozen best-selling technical books, and has explained operating system and networking planning, installation, maintenance and repair to crowds from two to two thousand. An independent voice hailed as "Favorite Technical Author" by CertCities four times out of four, Mark has the unusual ability to take even the most technical topics, filter out the hype and explain them in plain English. Mark is probably best known for his Mastering Windows Server and Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide books, both of which have seen more than 12 editions and sold over a million copies. Mark's humorous, provocative and yet informative style makes him a favorite of audiences around the world.
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